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Madhavankutty Pillai

Madhavankutty Pillai has no specialisations whatsoever. He is among the last of the generalists. And also Open chief of bureau, Mumbai  

What if there is an India-Pakistan nuclear war?
Cover Stories
What if there is an India-Pakistan nuclear war?

A new study reveals what could trigger a nuclear war in the subcontinent and the horrors of the day after

01 November 2019
Power and its Contents
Columns
Power and its Contents

The characteristics of true politicians as shown in the resurgence of Sharad Pawar

25 October 2019
A Portrait of the Crore
Feature
A Portrait of the Crore

From an unimaginable number, it has become all too ordinary. But if it no long captures the Indian imagination, what takes its place?

18 October 2019
Complications of the Position
Column
Complications of the Position

Making middle-order batsmen into openers in Tests usually doesn’t end well for India

11 October 2019
Control Issues
Columns
Control Issues

What stopping of onion exports says about the state of Indian agriculture

04 October 2019
No Banking on This Crisis to End
Economy
No Banking on This Crisis to End

When financial institutions get greedy and gamble, the crisis can put the whole system in mortal peril

04 October 2019
Sex and the Saint
Cover Story
Sex and the Saint

In every domain of life, he was a player of infinite games and, therefore, his worldview becomes, in some ways, quite inaccessible to us. We have to remember that one of the litmus tests of Gandhi, and he’s absolutely firm about it, is that you never do anything to someone else that you do not first do to yourself. You never make a demand of someone else that you do not first make of yourself

27 September 2019
A Farewell to Plastic
Cover Stories
A Farewell to Plastic

With a policy expected to be announced on October 2, a roadmap to phase out plastic pollution is finally coming to fruition

20 September 2019
The problem with ban
Columns
The Problem with Bans

Vaping is a public health hazard but so is tobacco that governments profit from

20 September 2019
The Small Picture
Columns
The Small Picture

Why the Finance Minister is right about the auto sector

13 September 2019

Authors

Brahma Chellaney

Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground

MJ Akbar

MJ Akbar is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns

Ram Madhav

Ram Madhav is president, India Foundation, and is with BJP

Makarand R Paranjape

Makarand R Paranjape is an author and columnist. Views are personal.

TCA Raghavan

TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle

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